#B237C7#B237C7

#B237C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.227 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237C7
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 199)
HSL	hsl(291, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 67.31, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 84.17, 323.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.1771 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.227 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0339, 16.3225, 55.5903)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237C7 #4CC737

analogous

#6A37C7 #B237C7 #C73794

triadic

#B237C7 #C7B237 #37C7B2

tetradic

#B237C7 #C76A37 #4CC737 #3794C7

square

#B237C7 #C76A37 #4CC737 #3794C7

split-complementary

#B237C7 #94C737 #37C76A

monochromatic

#5C1C67 #872A97 #B237C7 #C566D5 #D796E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B237C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B237C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237C7

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237C7	1.00	4.92	4.26	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4975C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4527C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.227 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ad9',
    500: '#b237c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237c7;
$custom-light: #cd7ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57604,
    "c": 0.22659,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237C7

secondary

#96CD8C

accent

#E0485E

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237C7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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